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(U) NEW COURSE: Instability and
Challenges in the Caucasus
FROM: SIGINT Communications
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Run Date: 08/18/2003
(U) NSA and the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) School of Advanced International Studies, in a
joint collaboration, will present a 3 day seminar titled "Instability and Challenges in the
Caucasus". The seminar will be presented in the FANX 2 Auditorium on 16, 17&18
September from 0800-1600. See registration details below.
Course Description:
(U/FOUO) This seminar will explore threats to stability in the South Caucasus and to U.S.
interests in this region. Strategically located on the crossroads of Europe and Asia, the Caucasus
is plagued by a complex set of interlinked challenges to security. These include unresolved
political and ethnic conflicts, internal threats such as state weakness, looming successions and
increasing organized crime. These are exacerbated by external factors, especially the roles of
neighboring powers. The region's importance is underlined by significant energy resources. The
seminar will conclude by considering America's interests in the region and how it might
effectively pursue them.
(U) JHU will conduct 2 days of unclassified presentations, and the SINIOs/NCS will organize
classified presentations by government officials on the third day.
(U) REGISTRATION INFORMATION:
(U//FOUO) Student nominations are due by 5 September. Selections will be made by the SINIO
for R/E, S17. All nominees will be notified of their enrollment status after the suspense date.
(U//FOUO) NOMINATION: *Eligible individuals who are interested in attending this course must
submit the following information by COB Friday, 5 September, to
:
COURSE: AREA4125 (Caucasus)
NAME:
SSN:
ORG:
JUSTIFICATION:
(U) STUDENT QUALIFICATIONS: All cleared SID personnel may apply, but priority will be given
to those analysts needing a better understanding of the South Caucasus region. In addition,
LAO, PAO, and FAD staffers are invited to submit applications.
(U//FOUO) Non-NSA affiliates should identify their agency. Contractors should be assigned to
SID and must first coordinate with their CO/ COR, complete the SOP (click HERE ), and forward
to
.
(U) ATTENDANCE: This is a contracted course whose relevancy may pertain to a significant
number of people. Therefore, students MUST be able to attend ALL three days. At this time, no
additional sessions have been scheduled. This session will be videotaped and made available via
nsa (click HERE ).
(U) ALLOCATIONS: SID(60)
(U//FOUO) POINTS OF CONTACT:
For course content: Course Managers:
(
@nsa), E44,
(
nsa), E44,
.
For special needs assistance: E111,
Administrative or registration information: E1S/SID Internal Training Team,
@nsa.
For more information about the SINIOs: 'go sinio' or (click HERE )
, and
,
(U) PRIVACY ACT STATEMENT: Authority for collecting information requested on this form is
contained in 5 U.S.C. §§ 4101-4118, 10 U.S.C. §§ 1601-1614, 50 U.S.C. § 402 note;
Executive Orders 11348 and 12333. NSA's Blanket Routine Uses found at 58 Fed. Reg. 10,531
(1993) as well as the specific uses found in GNSA09 and GNSA12 apply to this information.
Authority for requesting your Social Security Number (SSN) is Executive Order 9397. The
requested information will be used to document the nomination of trainees and completion of
training. Your disclosure of requested information, including SSN, is voluntary. However, failure
to furnish requested information, other than your SSN, may result in a delay in processing,
ineligibility for training, or inaccurate documentation of training.
"(U//FOUO) SIDtoday articles may not be republished or reposted outside NSANet
without the consent of S0121 (DL sid comms)."
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